Monday, April 27, 2015

Arboretum Pond

We were at the Arboretum recently for our plein air location planning session. This always takes awhile which leaves only an hour or so for painting. The last time I painted there, I did a watercolor, Peacock Cafe.

We all headed for an area to hopefully see some bright orange California poppies blooming. The poppies turned out to be a little past their prime. But, there was some shade and a view of part of the lake. The west end of Baldwin Lake was very brown and muddy looking with some interesting reflections. I loved the palm trees and tried a gouache piece in our short amount of time. A friendly mallard duck came by to check us out and I thought of adding him to my piece. Maybe!

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Time to start a blog and I'm looking forward to it! For many years I did free-lance watercolor illustration for two greeting card companies. I illustrated hundreds of cards, a couple Louie Award winners. In the last few years I made a big change and am now painting more impressionistic and personal watercolors. I love going out with plein air groups to paint local landscapes and street scenes. I'll share paintings I'm working on as well as other things that have caught my eye. Please email with any thoughts or questions.
chuckschmidt@earthlink.net